No quick fix for a system that is failing children and parents and pushing councils into insolvency£100m spent on failed efforts to block Send support‘Fobbed off and rejected’: Birmingham’s Send crisisIt was all meant to be so different. Announcing sweeping reforms of the special needs provision in England’s schools a decade ago, the then children’s minister Edward Timpson promised a simpler approach that would put the needs, rights and choices of families and children first.“For too long, families have found themselves battling against a complex and fragmented system. These reforms ensure support fits in with their needs and not the other way round,” said Timpson. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/22/spiralling-demand-and-shrinking-budgets-why-englands-send-system-is-buckling
Author : Patrick Butler and Pamela Duncan
Publish date : 2024-12-22 20:00:01
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Spiralling demand and shrinking budgets: why England’s Send system is buckling
